The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-01
THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
National Central Committee
Meet in Chicago.
ARRANGEMENTS.
National Convention to be Held in
June, 1SSS-GsneraI News
Notes.
COMMITTEE ARRANGEMENTS.
Gold Water Ga5Ee lag

CHICAGO, November 30.-OVer 500
workers in the prohibition cause
gathered in Battery D, this morning, at
the session Of the National Central Com
mittee of the Prohibition party. Among
the prominent leaders present are: Ex-
Governor John 2. st. John, of Kansas :;
Frances r. Willard, OF Illinois, and
Mother Stewart, of Ohio.
The treasurer's report showed that
$1,000 had been paid out for Governor
st. John, for campaign purposes.
A committee Of seven was appointed
to attend to immediate political organi-
sisted of John Lloyd Thomas, Mary
land; John P. st. John, Kansas, ]. A.
VanFleet, Illinois; James Black,
Pennsylvania; Judge R. @. Pittman,
Massachusetts; A. A. Hopkins,
New York; and Mrs. Brown o. Ohio.
The national committee was arranged
as follows: Alabama, L. G. Calison
Colorado, 81. G. Dillon; Connecticut,
George P. Rogers; Dakota, D. Z.
Grove; District of Columbia. A. A
Wheelock; Illinois, A. ]. JutkIns anu
j. A. Vanheet: Indiana, John Rathff
and James 8. Hughes Iowa, E. w.
Brady and V. G. Farnham; Kansas, A.
NJ. Richardson and John P. st. John;
Maryland, John Lloyd Thomas and
William Sherwood; Massachusetts, r.
3. Pillman and G. B. knight; Michi-
gan. u. P. Sagendorph and A. d.
Power; Minnesota, W. w. Satterlee and
James PIncham; Missouri, James d.
Baker and f. NJ. Barnes; Nebraska, A.
]. Wolfenberger and r. a. Hawl9y;
New Jersey, John 4. Meany, John r.
Anderson and A Parsons; New York,
@ H. Meade and ]. W. Jones; North
Carolina, Rev. w. f. Watkin and Moses
Hammond; Ohio, Nj. Mcclellan
Brown and J. Odell; Oregon, J. II.
Armas and J. W. Webb; Pennsylvania,
James Black and W. +. Dunn; Rhoce
Island, Thomas H. Peabody and II. II.
Richardson; Tennessee, ]. w. Smith;
Texas, ]. B. CranfiIl; Vermont, G. w.
Wyman and Clinton J. Smith; West
Virginia, Frank Burt and J. D. Carsea-
don.
The members at-large are: Frances
E. Willard, Mother Stewart and A. A.
Hopkins.
At the afternoon session, Samuel
Dickey, of Albion. Mich, was elected
chairman, to succeed Mr.. Finch. 1t
w 1NNAhCO ~ hOiA hatlO1dl COufSA
ton during the first week in June, 1888
There was considerable rivalry be-
tween The various cities DESTROYS of Sc
curing the convention.
During the afternoon, Miss Willard
presented to the committee a resolution
adopted at recent convention of the
National Women's Christian Temper
ance Union. 1t is urged upon ''all
political parties and partisan papers the
duty of avoiding in the pending cam
paign the personal villi6cation and
abuse that characterized the last" and
calls upon them to consider the fact
that the women OF the north and south
have clasped hands in concord and in
cooperation, which is a most practical
proof that the war issues are dead and
that the land should have a rest from
reviving them for campaign purposes.
This resolution was unanimously
adopted by the Prohibition National
Committee. 1t goes next to the National
Repu blican Committee.
Indianapolis was finally decided upon
as the place for holding the next ma
tional convention. and the first WeGnes-
day in June, 1888, as the day.
Professor Dickey, the newly elected
chairman, announced thai he would at
once present his resignation in the
Albany College and devote his entire
time to his position. He is gu aranteed
4 salary Of IS, 900 per annum.